# 配

| 配 | U+914D, &#37197; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-914D |
| ← 酌 [U+914C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 酎 → [U+914E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

配 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一田尸山 (MWSU), four-corner 1761$_7$, composition ⿰酉己)

#### Derived characters

* 𪡭, 𫱓, 𢲭, 𪶪, 𬀎, 𦟊, 嶏, 蓜, 𫅉, 𫑸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1280, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39771
* Dae Jaweon: page 1779, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3574, character 3
* Unihan data for U+914D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 配
* Western Zhou
* Bronze inscriptions
| | Old Chinese |
| 配 | *pʰɯːds |
| 嶏 | *pʰɯːds, *pʰɯd |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 酉 (“alcohol vessel”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pèi (pei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pui$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phi
    (Hailu, HRS): poi$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pi$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): po̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): puói
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pue$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phòe / phèr / phè
    (Teochew, Peng'im): puê$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): pui$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pèi
*** Wade–Giles: pʻei$^4$
*** Yale: pèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey
*** Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pui$^3$
*** Yale: pui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pui$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuːi̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
*** Hakka Romanization System: pi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: poi$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰoi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: po̿
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰo³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: puói
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰui²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pue$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuei⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòe
*** Tâi-lô: phuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoex
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pʰue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰue²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phèr
*** Tâi-lô: phèr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phè
*** Tâi-lô: phè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phex
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰe¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰe²¹/
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /pʰe⁴¹/
* phòe - literary;
* phèr/phè - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: phwojH
Rime :
| Character | 配 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 滂佩切 |
| Baxter | phwojH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰuʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰuoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰuɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰuᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰuɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰuɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pui$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰˤ[ə][j]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 配 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phwoj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰˁ[ə][j]-s/ |
| English | counterpart; be the counterpart of |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 配 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9653 |
| Phonetic component | 配 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 配 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯːds/ |
| Notes | 甲金文從酉從卩表配酒， 非己聲 |

### Definitions

配
* to match
* to join
* to deserve; to be worthy
       Wǒ bù pèi zuò nín de xuéshēng. [Pinyin]
       I don't deserve to be your student.
* to mix or match according to a standard or appropriate proportions; to make up (a medical prescription)
    配藥／配药 ― pèiyào ― to make up a medical prescription
* to allocate
* (Eastern Min, Wenzhounese) a dish served to accompany rice or other staple food

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 菜餚, 菜品, 菜蔬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 菜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 菜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 下飯菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 餸, 餸菜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 餸, 餸菜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 餸菜 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 餸, 餸菜 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 菜餸 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 餸 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 菜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 菜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 菜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 菜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 菜 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 菜 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 菜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 配 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 配飯菜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 乇配 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 物配, 菜配, 菜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 物配, 菜 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 菜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 物配 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 物配, 菜配 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 物配 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 配 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 配 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 物配 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 物配 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 物配, 配 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 物配 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 物配 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 物配 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 物配 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 物配 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 物配 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 物配 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 菜 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 配 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 配 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 配 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小菜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小菜 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 鹹酸 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 下飯 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 配, 餚配 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 菜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 菜 |

### Compounds

* 不配 (bùpèi)
* 乘凶完配
* 交配 (jiāopèi)
* 交配色
* 元配 (yuánpèi)
* 分配 (fēnpèi)
* 刺配 (cìpèi)
* 匹配 (pǐpèi)
* 匹配阻抗
* 原配 (yuánpèi)
* 國語配音 / 国语配音
* 天河配
* 姻配
* 婚配 (hūnpèi)
* 差配兒 / 差配儿
* 彩樓配 / 彩楼配
* 德配
* 成龍配套 / 成龙配套 (chénglóngpèitào)
* 抵配
* 抽青配白
* 指配
* 搬配
* 搭配 (dāpèi)
* 擇德以配 / 择德以配
* 擇配 / 择配
* 支配 (zhīpèi)
* 斷配 / 断配
* 明婚正配
* 明媒正配
* 春秋配
* 樣本分配 / 样本分配
* 正配
* 比配 (bǐpèi)
* 流配
* 無配生殖 / 无配生殖
* 男配角
* 異形配子 / 异形配子
* 異配生殖 / 异配生殖
* 發配 / 发配 (fāpèi)
* 相女配夫
* 相配 (xiāngpèi)
* 科配
* 絕配 / 绝配 (juépèi)
* 編配 / 编配 (biānpèi)
* 繼配 / 继配
* 老少配
* 般配 (bānpèi)
* 荷珠配
* 裝配 / 装配 (zhuāngpèi)
* 裝配線 / 装配线 (zhuāngpèixiàn)
* 許配 / 许配 (xǔpèi)
* 調配 / 调配
* 迭配
* 速配
* 進口配額 / 进口配额
* 選配 / 选配
* 配上
* 配不上 (pèibushàng)
* 配享
* 配伍 (pèiwǔ)
* 配件 (pèijiàn)
* 配偶 (pèi'ǒu)
* 配偶家族
* 配備 / 配备 (pèibèi)
* 配光
* 配分比例
* 配分法
* 配合
* 配合禁忌
* 配合題 / 配合题
* 配售 (pèishòu)
* 配天之美
* 配套 (pèitào)
* 配嫡
* 配子 (pèizǐ)
* 配子世代
* 配子囊
* 配子枝
* 配子體 / 配子体
* 配客
* 配對 / 配对 (pèiduì)
* 配屬 / 配属 (pèishǔ)
* 配戴 (pèidài)
* 配戲 / 配戏
* 配所
* 配房 (pèifáng)
* 配接卡
* 配搭 (pèidā)
* 配搭兒 / 配搭儿
* 配料 (pèiliào)
* 配方 (pèifāng)
* 配景
* 配本
* 配業 / 配业
* 配樂 / 配乐 (pèiyuè)
* 配殿
* 配水幹管 / 配水干管
* 配水支管
* 配水池
* 配水管
* 配水系統 / 配水系统
* 配流 (pèiliú)
* 配發 / 配发
* 配票 (pèipiào)
* 配稱 / 配称
* 配種 / 配种 (pèizhǒng)
* 配糖體 / 配糖体 (pèitángtǐ)
* 配給 / 配给 (pèijǐ)
* 配給制度 / 配给制度
* 配給品 / 配给品
* 配給票 / 配给票
* 配置 (pèizhì)
* 配置廣播 / 配置广播
* 配膳檯 / 配膳台
* 配色
* 配菜 (pèicài)
* 配藜
* 配藥 / 配药 (pèiyào)
* 配藥師 / 配药师 (pèiyàoshī)
* 配製 / 配制 (pèizhì)
* 配角
* 配貨 / 配货
* 配購 / 配购
* 配軍 / 配军
* 配送 (pèisòng)
* 配隸 / 配隶
* 配電 / 配电 (pèidiàn)
* 配電盤 / 配电盘 (pèidiànpán)
* 配電裝置 / 配电装置
* 配音 (pèiyīn)
* 配頭 / 配头
* 配額 / 配额 (pèi'é)
* 配飯 / 配饭 (phòe-pn̄g)
* 配飾 / 配饰 (pèishì)
* 配饗 / 配飨
* 零配件
* 鸞鳳之配 / 鸾凤之配

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 配 |
| Kyūjitai | 配󠄃 配+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* arrangement; positioning
* matching
* distribution; allocation; rationing

#### Readings

* Go-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)、へ (he)
* Kan-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)
* Kun: くばる (kubaru, 配る, Jōyō)、つれあい (tsureai, 配)
* Nanori: あつ (atsu)、とも (tomo)

#### Compounds

* 配(はい)剤(ざい) (haizai, “dispensation”)
* 配(はい)置(ち) (haichi, “formation, arrangement, layout”)
** 配(はい)置(ち)転(てん)換(かん) (haichi tenkan, “job rotation”)
* 配(はい)点(てん) (haiten, “allocation of points”)
* 配(はい)当(とう) (haitō, “share; dividend”)
* 配(はい)慮(りょ) (hairyo, “consideration, attention, care”)
* 配(はい)列(れつ) (hairetsu, “arrangement; (programming) array”)
* 軍(ぐん)配(ばい) (gunbai, “type of war fan”)
* 気(け)配(はい) (kehai, “sign, indication, hint”)
* 交(こう)配(はい) (kōhai, “mating, breeding”)
* 勾(こう)配(ばい) (kōbai, “slope, incline”)
* 支(し)配(はい) (shihai, “rule; control”)
* 心(しん)配(ぱい) (shinpai, “worry, anxiety”)
* 分(ぶん)配(ぱい) (bunpai, “distribution, allocation”)

### References

* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1241 (paper), page 633 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

配 (eumhun 짝 배 (jjak bae)) 配 (eumhun 나눌 배 (nanul bae))
* hanja form of 배 (“match”)
* hanja form of 배 (“allocate”)

#### Compounds

* 배부 (配付, baebu, “distribution”)
* 배우자 (配偶者, bae'uja, “spouse”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

配: Hán Nôm readings: phối, phới, phôi
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